Batman Under The Red Hood Animation.
I specifically chose these 3 different pictures to show the design differences between the Cover Art of the film, the Art of the comic and the actual Animation from the Film, to reveal where differences where made.
Brandon Vietti was a storyboard animator and designer for the Film and was responsible for designing the characters and in the end decided to in some ares change designs from the comics to be adapted into film, as he believed he wanted to gain insight as to how the characters had already been done to shape his own view of how the characters should appear; focusing on original designs and, screenplay text and his own notion of how the characters should look he created the designs we see in the film.
I don’t often like how in other shows and comics top heavy characters look visually (Fist Of The North Star for example), however in this animation I really like how the Red Hood is slyly top heavier and in a way makes the character very unique among other characters, as it emphasises his physical strength and desire for power of which he continuously tries to prove he has an abundance of, making the entire film/animation a unique Batman Flick! Also I really like how in this animation the designers focus on prominence, such as the Jokers facial contortions e.g. chin, nose, hair and facial liens, as well as Black Masks skeletal shape and Ra’s Al Ghul’s facial hair, eyes and hair, using segmentation to properly show difference with colour too, making it an amazing attention to detail cartoon focused strongly on lighting and colourways, which solidifies it as one of the greatest Superhero Animated Movies.
Brandon Vietti’s UTRH Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqIFDtkIOU
